Description
Irresistible caramel banana pudding cups bring Southern comfort straight to dessert lovers’ hearts. Creamy layers of vanilla custard, ripe bananas, and caramel-soaked cookies create a delightful sweet experience you cannot resist.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 3 large ripe bananas, sliced
- 1 (3.4 ounces / 96 grams) box instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 cups (480 milliliters) cold milk
- 1 (14 ounces / 397 grams) can sweetened condensed milk
Creamy Components:
- 1 cup (240 milliliters) whipped cream or Cool Whip
Topping and Garnish:
- 1/2 cup (120 milliliters) caramel sauce
- 20 vanilla wafers, crushed
- Additional caramel sauce for drizzling
Instructions
- Whisk instant vanilla pudding mix with cold milk until smooth and thickened, creating a rich, creamy base in approximately 2 minutes.
- Incorporate sweetened condensed milk into the pudding, blending thoroughly, then gently fold in whipped cream to achieve a light, airy texture.
- Create a foundational layer in each serving cup by sprinkling crushed vanilla wafers, providing a delightful crunch.
- Arrange freshly sliced bananas atop the wafer crumbs, ensuring even coverage across the cup’s surface.
- Carefully ladle the prepared pudding mixture over the banana layer, completely covering the fruit.
- Elegantly drizzle caramel sauce across the pudding, allowing it to cascade and create beautiful swirls.
- Continue layering: add another round of wafer crumbs, banana slices, pudding, and finish with an additional caramel sauce drizzle.
- Refrigerate the assembled dessert for a minimum of 1 hour, allowing flavors to harmonize and pudding to set completely.
- Before serving, optionally garnish with additional crushed wafers or a light caramel swirl for enhanced presentation.
Notes
- Prevent banana browning by tossing sliced bananas in a little lemon juice to keep them fresh and vibrant.
- Customize texture by adjusting wafer crush size: coarse crumbs create more crunch, fine crumbs provide smoother consistency.
- Make it gluten-free by substituting vanilla wafers with gluten-free graham crackers or almond flour-based cookies.
- Enhance richness by using homemade whipped cream instead of store-bought Cool Whip for a more luxurious, authentic flavor profile.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 432 kcal
- Sugar: 55 g
- Sodium: 280 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 75 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg